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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Billy Courson, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
John Shelburne, Lynn Haven, FL (US);
John Mittleman, Arlington, VA (US);
Billy Courson, Panama City Beach, FL (US);
John Shelburne, Lynn Haven, FL (US);
John Mittleman, Arlington, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A suction device includes a suction cell formed to include a cup having an open end and a stem extending from a side of the cup opposite from the open end. A control system is connected to the stem and arranged to form a partial vacuum in the cup such that the cup is attached to the substrate. The control system may include an actuator and a strain sensor connected to the stem. The actuator preferably includes a length of a material that includes a shape memory alloy.